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L. H. HAWES.

PIN TICKET 0R TAG.

No. 533,037. Patented Jan. 22,1895.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEWIS II. HAWES, OF BROOKLYN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO LOUIS W.

DUESING, OF'NEW YORK, N. Y.

PIN TICKET OR TAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 533,037, dated January 22, 1895.

Application filed June 14; 1894:. Serial No. 514,594. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, LEWIS H. HAWES, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pin Tickets or Tags, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of pin tickets or tags in which a staple is inserted in the tag for its attachment to the desired article, and consists essentially in the means hereinafter described for efiecting the connection of the staple with the tag.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 r 5 represents a cross section of a tag havingthe staple connected thereto according to my invention, on line w as, Fig. 3. Fig. 2 represents a perspective view of a staple detached as it appears after its connection with-the tag. Fig. 3 represents a plan view of a tag; Fig. 4., an inverted plan view. Fig. 5 is a view of a staple before the loop is formed.

Similar letters indicate similar parts. The letter A designates a card forming the z 5 body of the tag andB the staple formed with the loops 0 and c and the loop D. The manner of attaching the staple to the card is as follows: The prongs d d are passed through the card contiguous to the edge or at any other desired point within the edges thereof, so as .to bring the loops 0 and 0 back of the card as shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 5. Said prongs 4 are then bent upon and against the face of the card to form the loop D, the tag being now ready for use. When the tag is applied to use the projecting portions of the prongs are passed through the desired article and then bent over, and by this means the tag is firmly secured to the article, while the bent prongs formed into the loops 0, c, and D have a tendency to hold the staple in position upon the card, thereby effecting a very firm and durable connection of the staple to the card.

By bending and attaching the staple in the 5 manner set forththe edge of the card board is reinforced and very materially strengthened and a very simple and inexpensive pin ticket or tag is produced.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A tag or pin ticket consisting of a card A and staple B attached to said card as shown, the prongs of the staple being passed through the card contiguous to the edge thereof to bring the two loop portions under the back of the card and thence bent over the edge of the card to form aloop on the face of the card thereby forming a cross stay on the face of the card and a double thickness of wire on the top and bottom surface thereof as set forth.

LEWIS H. HAWES.

Witnesses:

LOUIS W. Dunsmo, FRANCIS O. BOWEN. 

